The Windy City Times reports that Lazaro v. Orr has been dismissed. The ACLU Illinois and Lambda Legal, filed a motion to dismiss the twin cases that had they filed in 2012 (Lambda Legal's Darby v. Orr and ACLU's Lazaro v. Orr, respectively), which, on behalf of 25 same sex couples, challenged the then existing state marriage-discrimination laws. All parties agreed that passage of the Illinois marriage equality act made the suit moot. Ed Yohnka, ACLU of Illinois' Director of Communications and Public Policy clarified the distinction between Lazaro vs. Orr and other cases filed against unequal treatment of same sex partners:
"The relief that we were seeking was in the marriage bill that was signed by the governor last month," said Ed Yohnka, dir. of Communications and Public Policy at ACLU Illinois. "But the way it was dismissed still left open the possibility of refilling should we ever need to."
